Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- About the Author -- Contents -- Chapter 1-Introduction -- About the Editors -- Tablets: What Are They? -- Tablet Popularity in Society and Higher Education -- Tablets in Academic Library Services -- Foundational Resources and Further Reading -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2-iPads to Enhance User Engagement During Reference Interactions -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Institutional Background and Opportunity Analysis -- Implementation -- Assessment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 2.1: iPad Core Competencies -- Chapter 3-Smarter Together -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Library Tablet User Community -- Impact of Community -- Challenges and Limitations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4-Medical Librarian Rounding with an iPad -- About the Author -- Introduction and Context -- Project Background and Clinical Librarianship -- Integrating the iPad and Other Mobile Resources -- Managing Mobile Information -- Staying Up to Date on Mobile Resources -- Conclusion and Future Implications -- Notes -- Chapter 5-Roving Librarian at a Mid-sized, UK-Based University -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Why Rove? What the Literature Says -- Background to the Project -- Aims and Objectives of the Project -- Methodology/Approach -- The Technology -- Getting Started -- Marketing and Branding -- Staff Reaction -- Data Collection -- Conclusions and Future Plans -- Notes -- Chapter 6-Tablets as Powerful Tools for University Research -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Mobile Learning and Information Literacy -- Developing a Workshop -- New Ways of Searching for Information -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 7-Curricular Use of the iPad 2 by a First-Year Undergraduate Learning Community -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Results.

Discussion -- What This Means for Other Academic Libraries -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- Appendix 7.1: Focus Group Discussion Questions -- Appendix 7.2: Internet-Based Survey Questions -- Chapter 8-The Fine Art (and Architecture) of Mobilizing Student Learning -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Mobile Technology, Mobile Learning, and the Library -- The iPad in and around the Art and Architecture Library -- Feedback and a Few Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 9-iTeaching and Learning -- About the Author -- Tablets in Higher Education -- Case Study -- iPad Study -- Conclusion -- Notes.

In this issue of Library Technology Reports Virginia Tech librarians Miller, Meir, and Moorfield-Lang offer a collection of first-hand accounts of academic library projects using tablets.

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